News - Edinburgh Evening News

News

Headlines More Headlines >>

Peanuts in Edinburgh Airport food ‘could have killed my son’

Health

Harry Cullen with Kirsty Grant, who is taking the helm of the pub made famous by Ian Rankin. Picture: Ian Georgeson

New Oxford Bar boss vows to stay true to the spirit of Rebus

Entertainment

Cars dodge the swan on Wester Hailes Road. Picture: Contributed

Swan brings traffic to standstill on Edinburgh dual carriageway

News

Complaints to the council have soared after the chaotic roll-out of a new bin collection schedule saw multiple streets being missed. Picture: Danny Lawson

Council receives 2,000 complaints over ‘shambles’ bin collections

Politics

Half-term rampage as mindless vandals run amok in West Pilton

Crime

Is Scotland set for 'four months of snow' this winter?

News

Edinburgh workers could save over £80k commuting to the city

Business

Homeless children still being kept in B&Bs in Edinburgh despite pledge to end practice

News

Chris Pine at the premiere.

Chris Pine says Outlaw King shouldn’t become indyref battleground as film premieres

News

Brian Monteith: It’s been a bad week at the office for Theresa May
Brian Monteith

People More People >>

An albino squirrel captured on camera earlier in the year. Picture: SWNS

‘Heartbreak’ as rare albino squirrel killed on Scottish road

News

More than 11,000 sign Hearts fan’s petition against semi-final debacle

Hearts

Jack used a handcycle to get around after his surgery

Jack all set to pedal through Perthes

News

Nicola Reynolds will run for the Sands charity

Baby Ramsay spurs Nicola Reynolds on for Sands

News

Emma Jayne Park in It's Not Over Yet, the show about her cancer battle that she never thought she would make

Dancer puts cancer battle centre stage at Edinburgh Fringe

News

Micah Stanbridge with his mother Sheena, who received a bone marrow transplant thanks to the Anthony Nolan Trust

Cyclist crosses America for charity that saved mum’s life

Health

House prices in Edinburgh and Lothians soar again during summer

Edinburgh

Music fans descend on Linlithgow for a host of top acts

Entertainment

Nicola helps mums get their groove on

News

No rest Ronald McDonald House PJ charity fundraisers

Edinburgh

Talking helped turn storyteller Lily’s life around

News

Crime More Crime >>

Police attend the scene in Murihouse where yobs caused chaos. Picture: TRIM facebook

Half-term rampage as mindless vandals run amok in West Pilton

Crime

Robert Hawkins has been jailed for 14 years.

Depraved sex beast who boasted about child abuse jailed for 14 years

News

Police have launched an appeal

Missing 20-year-old Murrayburn woman found safe and well

News

The golden-coloured dog - described as a male Staffy-cross - was found near a roundabout on Blackburn Road in Bathgate. Picture: Contributed

Man charged after malnourished dog dumped at a Bathgate roundabout

Bathgate

Edinburgh news LIVE: St James crane collapse | ‘Sheer destruction’ of Princes St Gardens | Gleneagles lands in Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Missing Italian dad treated in Scotland for a month with memory loss

News

Man arrested for mistreatment of dog found abandoned in Bathgate

News

Man who attempted to set fire to Scottish Parliament jailed

Crime

Transport More Transport >>

Unlabelled allergens served in an Edinburgh airport cafe could all too easily have proved fatal for Shirley McMillan's son Oliver. Picture: PA

Peanuts in Edinburgh Airport food ‘could have killed my son’

Health

Cars dodge the swan on Wester Hailes Road. Picture: Contributed

Swan brings traffic to standstill on Edinburgh dual carriageway

News

The drive to and from work may be tedious but it will save out-of-townies money in the long run. Picture: TSPL

Living an hour from Edinburgh and commuting could save you £82,000

Business

Welcome to Edinburgh Evening News LIVE blog.

Edinburgh news LIVE: St James crane collapse | ‘Sheer destruction’ of Princes St Gardens | Gleneagles lands in Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Delta Airlines announce new Edinburgh-Boston flight.

Delta announces new Boston route from Edinburgh

News

Scotland's most dangerous crossroads have been revealed.

Edinburgh’s most dangerous traffic junction revealed

News

Motorists are being urged to avoid using their sat navs on a stretch of road in East Lothian after a series of accidents. Picture: Robert Perry

Drivers told to ignore sat nav after East Lothian accidents

Our Region

Finance director leaves Lothian Buses just months into job

News

‘Noisy and disruptive’ overnight works to take place at Waverley

News

Edinburgh news LIVE: High demand for Just Eat bikes | Capital schoolgirl stars in Outlaw King | Is St Giles’ mystery man missing dad?

Edinburgh

Demand high as 4000 people rent Just Eat bikes in first month

Edinburgh

Education More Education >>

The crisis among Scottish teachers is growing.

Scottish teachers hit out over assaults and stress of classroom life

Politics

An artist's impression of what Treverlen Park will look like

John McLellan: Bid to save old St John’s Primary building is too late

Opinion

The alleged incidents occurred at Gylemuir Primary School. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Edinburgh teacher accused of making boy sit in underwear could be struck off

News

Will Labour councillor Lezley Cameron vote for the SNP-Labour coalition's budget despite her concerns about education funding?

John McLellan: Conscience of Labour faces test in SNP budget vote

Opinion

Scottish Greens urge SNP to ‘copy our homework’ on school policy

News

Revealed: Concerns raised over state of Edinburgh’s crumbling schools

News

New interim head teacher appointed at Oxgangs Primary School

Education

Catholic church may give its blessing to priests who father children

Education

Health More Health >>

Unlabelled allergens served in an Edinburgh airport cafe could all too easily have proved fatal for Shirley McMillan's son Oliver. Picture: PA

Peanuts in Edinburgh Airport food ‘could have killed my son’

Health

Susan Morrison is looking forward to years of 'fun-filled' frivolity with her consultant (Picture: Tony Marsh)

Susan Morrison: My doc and I, together like a Kardashian couple

Opinion

Nearly half of Scotland's population is likely to get cancer at some point in their lifetime

Ian Murray: Edinburgh’s world-leading cancer research is at risk

Opinion

NHS National Services Scotland sent an internal memo to staff at its staff at Gyle Square, Edinburgh, regarding local travellers.

Scottish health board apologises for advising staff to avoid travellers

Health

Leith Depot is asking customers to donate �1 with their bill to go towards Street Smart an Edinburgh based homeless charity

Edinburgh restaurants join campaign to help feed the homeless

Health

Hearts captain Christophe Berra is backing a new men's mental health campaign. Picture: SAMH

Hearts captain Christophe Berra backs men’s mental health campaign

News

Christian Nade has opened up about his struggle with depression in a bid to raise awareness and help others. Picture: Neil Hanna

Ex-Hearts striker Christian Nade opens up over depression battle

Health

Thousands of Scot risk as pharmacies run out of flu vaccine

Health

Patients wait longer in Lothians for drug to stop spread of HIV

Edinburgh

Former top cop Liz McAinsh tells of brave battle against cancer

News

Last ever child born at Elsie Inglis’ hospital celebrates 30th birthday

News

Opinion More Opinion >>

Even in New York, there is concern about the 'death of small businesses' (Picture: Picture Donald MacLeod)

Kevin Buckle: High streets shops are in trouble the world over

Opinion

An artist's impression of what the planned concert hall would look like

John McLellan: Edinburgh’s concert hall ‘gift horse’ gets teeth checked

Opinion

Will Bozier

Liam Rudden: Matthew Bourne’s 21st century Swan Lake soars

Entertainment

Most tourists wouldn't object to paying a small levy, says Susan Morrison (Picture: Ian Rutherford)

Susan Morrison: You – yes, you – can help tax tourists

Opinion

Susan Morrison: My doc and I, together like a Kardashian couple

Opinion

John McLellan: Scottish Government acting strange over tourist tax

Opinion

Hayley Matthews: Baby chaos prep: Golf, fleek eyebrows and Simon Says

Opinion

John McLellan: Bid to save old St John’s Primary building is too late

Opinion

Headlines More Headlines >>

Complaints to the council have soared after the chaotic roll-out of a new bin collection schedule saw multiple streets being missed. Picture: Danny Lawson

Council receives 2,000 complaints over ‘shambles’ bin collections

Politics

Police attend the scene in Murihouse where yobs caused chaos. Picture: TRIM facebook

Half-term rampage as mindless vandals run amok in West Pilton

Crime

An area in princes st gardnens where trees have been removed

Edinburgh residents slam Council over loss of 52 trees in Princes Street Gardens

News

The website, Mainstream Network, is accused of spending hundreds of thousands of pounds on Facebook to target voters in specific constituencies and promote pro-Brexit messages

Pro-Brexit website spent over £250,000 of ‘sophisticated advert campaign’ to lobby MPs

News

Three Edinburgh MPs have benefited from foreign trips in the year since the 2017 General Election. Pic: Shutterstock

Spain, Taiwan and the Middle East: Here's why three Edinburgh MPs benefited from £9,600 worth of free foreign trips

Entertainment

The crisis among Scottish teachers is growing.

Scottish teachers hit out over assaults and stress of classroom life

Politics

Two videos show Swiatek being challenged by a police officer and being disarmed of his knife

Man who attempted to set fire to Scottish Parliament jailed

Crime

Language used in police email on deployment of female officers branded ‘intolerable’

News

John McLellan: Scottish Government acting strange over tourist tax

Opinion

Ian Murray: Edinburgh’s world-leading cancer research is at risk

Opinion

Finance director leaves Lothian Buses just months into job

News

Entertainment More Entertainment >>

Harry Cullen with Kirsty Grant, who is taking the helm of the pub made famous by Ian Rankin. Picture: Ian Georgeson

New Oxford Bar boss vows to stay true to the spirit of Rebus

Entertainment

Phoebe Anna Traquair's artwork at Edinburgh's Royal Hospital for Sick Children. Photograph: Toby Williams

Sick Kids mortuary murals at risk from flats development

Entertainment

An artist's impression of what the planned concert hall would look like

John McLellan: Edinburgh’s concert hall ‘gift horse’ gets teeth checked

Opinion

Business More Business >>

Even in New York, there is concern about the 'death of small businesses' (Picture: Picture Donald MacLeod)

Kevin Buckle: High streets shops are in trouble the world over

Opinion

An artist's impression of what the planned concert hall would look like

John McLellan: Edinburgh’s concert hall ‘gift horse’ gets teeth checked

Opinion

The drive to and from work may be tedious but it will save out-of-townies money in the long run. Picture: TSPL

Living an hour from Edinburgh and commuting could save you £82,000

Business

Homes in Kirkcaldy are far less expensive than those in Edinburgh.

Edinburgh workers could save over £80k commuting to the city

Business